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Call for Papers: Special Collection on Corporate Headquarters in the 21st Century

This Collection will shed new light on the design of corporate headquarters in 21st century corporations – including novel types, roles and designs, and their potential implications for organizational outcomes. Topics may include, but are not limited to: • new forms (e.g., virtual CHQs, dispersed CHQs)• subunits and functions• interfaces (i.e., internal and external linkages)• formal and informal designs• spatial designs and location choices• staffing and key actors (i.e. rise of CSO, CMO positions)• tools and practices• technology and automationAll submissions will undergo double-blind peer review. When submitting your paper, reply "yes" when asked whether it is is part of a "thematic series," and choose Corporate Headquarters from the drop-down menu.

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SpringerOpen is proud to publish the Journal of Organization Design from Volume 5 onward. Previously it was published by the Organizational Design Community: Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 are available in full.

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Aims and scope

The mission of the Journal of Organization Design (JOD) is to publish theoretical and empirical research on organization design. Organization design is an applied discipline based on the literature of the organization sciences. The relevant knowledge base is diverse, including concepts, theories, and research findings from fields such as economics, psychology, sociology, management, and information technology. Effective organization design requires both science and art, and the best theorists and practitioners have a deep understanding of how organizations work as well as how they can be redesigned and changed. JOD is eclectic in its interests, both in terms of topics and research methods. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, design thinking, sustainable designs, redesign and change, organizational agility and adaptation, multi-organizational collaboration, anticipating the future, strategic leadership, crisis management, and organizational performance. JOD is receptive to papers based on traditional research methods such as surveys and experiments but also encourages papers that are based on future-oriented approaches such as simulations, thought experiments, scenario development, and Delphi studies. JOD seeks to be relevant as well as rigorous. According to JOD's philosophy, rigor and relevance do not represent a trade-off. JOD wants to publish valid research that will be used by the designers and managers of organizations. The members of the editorial board share this philosophy and will favor papers that focus on significant organization design problems whose solutions can be understood and used by managers.

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Annachiara Casalini introduces her Case Study, coauthored with Guido Fioretti and Andreas Pykaase, on playfulness, ideology and the technology of foolishness in the creation of a novel market niche for distributed control: The case of iPLON. Read the full article here

Introducing...the Organization Zoo!

The Organization Zoo already has many animals, but sometimes a new or unusual one appears. This invitation-only article type analyzes "new animals" – organizations that have recently appeared – or organizations that are considered rare breeds compared to their conventional counterparts. Each Zoo article focuses on a single case, analyzing its features and behavior in the interest of understanding it. After the case is introduced, expert commentators offer their views, and a richer, more colorful picture of the organization emerges.

If you are aware of an example of a new or radically different form of organizing, we encourage you to contact Dorthe Hakonsson or Phanish Puranam who are the Associate Editors responsible for the Zoo series. They will be happy to work with you to develop your case.